St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-27

FIVy - being at once the
3T[S- ST. most beautiful and
Li-ie6 ~ metropolitan Of cities
TOT ~ in the Northwest, and
$si :s a u s5s 4 q an S &:
1-LssrSTD a.~5 citizens, largely con-
Z LI3II[-ZIt- > tribIited to that good
= cnd-still, ii remains
To be confessed in few things, instead
of being in the van of progress and en-
terpriSc, she is lamentably behind lin
fact almost out of the race. One of the
things the city is sadly in need of: one
of the things that no delays of the law
should prevent from being instantly
Iighted: one of the things that is
vital in the life of grand,
pODulouS city like Minneapolis, is a
thoroughly equipped, cOnmOdiOus
and convenient pest house, but this is a
need that Minneapolis lacks. and lacks
badly. \ pest house stands to city
much the same as an insurance policy
TO Il man. 1t instillS confidence for the
time when
TIE PRUYERBIAL RAINY DAY
may come. OF course the magniti-
cent air of Minnesota has Largely to do
with the apparent neglect and careless
officials whose duty requires them to
see that the city is properly provided
with such a place. So TAI except IN
one Instance Of a great prevalence OF
diphtheria) no epidemicS have invaded
this fair place. thanks TO a glorious eli
mate and rugged, healthy people. as
siSting in making its population, but i'll
the very rapid and great increase OF this
population lies danger to the general
health. and those in authority will
do well to be prepared, 50 they
he not found wanting when
the hour of danger should draw near.
The necessity of such Il place as pest
house. however has not been entirely
ignored by the authorities. and the fact
Of such retreat being here started the
writer on a still hunt to find it a few
DAYS AGO. when the fact was clearly
demonstrated that there is 4 vast amount
of Ignorance on this subject in the
minds OF those who might be supposed
10 throw light upon such matter. An
inquiry at the health department as to
the whereabouts OF such an institution
was met by the reply. given by man
rOnncctcd With the department: HE
didn't know of any such thing: may be
the supervisor of the poor could tel"
A visit To the supervisor was not in
dicatiye of very much more knowledge
but at all events he knew there was a
pest house. but could not tell its lOca-
ton. Finally Dr. kilyingtOn, the health
officer. was ran across. and full OF new
projects for The bcttering of all kinds of
sanitation in the city. he
HEARTILY COMMENDED
this subject having an airing and start
ed the reporter on his diSagreeable
GRAND. The route to the institution i'll
the summer months must make a de-
lIghtful drive, but when traverSed for
the purpose of writing this article the
SNOW fell steadily in driZZles, the air
was cold and raw. and the aspect of the
country had dreary, dismal appear
ance, having much in common with the
place proposed to be visited. Squarely
back OF Lake Calhoun lies thorough
fare known as the North road. This
road is crossed by the tracks of the
Hastings d Dakota railroad about a
quarter of mile from the lake. and a
few minutes rapid driving on this way
beyond the tracks brings one to a
small brown cottage to the right, by
the roadside. while almost opposite
but standing away back in some wooded
land almost hidden from sight and ap-
preached by q most tOrtuOuS path to
walk upon. Is larger two-Story house
with a rather tumble down appearance
and perfectly isolated from any other
building, beyond an adjoining kind of
out house. This is the building that
had been 50 diligently searched for, and
which bears the unSavOry name of the
pest house. lis custodian warmly well
coined the visitor, remarking the while
that his was melancholy life and fit to
be only likened TO a keeper of a light
house on some isolated rock. The old
mans name is Norman Campbell, and
ii appears i'm early life he was the
VICTIM OF AN AWFUL ACCIDENT
that almost hurled him into eternity;
Net nevertheless he recovered, but the
sears he has had TO carry all his life, in
the shape of nose that evidently once
had a Roman turn, but can now be only
claSScd in school that is all his
own. This incident has had
Il great influence on the
old gentleman and his trust in PrOvi-
dence is 50 great that he experiences no
lear IN handling patients having the
most malignant diseases. The inside of
the building is if anything more cheer
less and repugnant than the outside,
and consists of merely one room with
any pretcnSiOnS TO being furnished, and
that is the one of the attendant. The
DilJtI JOblIlo III Ill just StNtli.
They are bare, large dOrmitories, unfur-
nished and practically, as at present,
useless. In one of them is the bed
WhereOn died the smallpox patient who
made a scare about two years ago. nor
has any man laid on that couch since
then. Passing from one room to the
other, remembering the object of the
house and looking at it just as ii ap-
peared and really is, the whole business
could be looked upon only in the light
of roaring farce, and what is worse, a
disgrace 10 the city. The last room was
entered by the reporter alone. At the
back Of the open door was a bed, with
the appearances of the clothes being
very much disaTanged. but on closer
inspection mans form could be made
out, and the next instant face with
4 WAN, TAGGARB LOOK.
and hand that clutched and fiercely
rubbed at the throat. could be plainly
seen. HuTryiEg out of the chamber.
the old man was asked in rapid tones if
that was patient, and what was the
trouble. For nerve soOther OH gen
eral principles, he replied in his Senten-
tiOus manner: MY friend, be not
afraid, trust in Providence; but the
man suffers with the maglignant dipE-
iberia" II vas just then the reporter